Editing Bias (mythology)

{{Other uses|Bias (disambiguation)}}
{{Short description|Several characters in Greek mythology}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Bias''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|aɪ|.|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Βίας}}; {{Langx|la|Biantes}}) may refer to the following characters:
* Bias, a [[Megara|Megarian]] prince as a son of King [[Lelex of Megara|Lelex]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 1.39.6</ref> and brother to [[Cleson]] and [[Pterelaus (son of Lelex)|Pterelaus]].<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], p. 1473; [[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.747</ref> He was killed by his nephew [[Pylas (mythology)|Pylas]], also a Megarian king. After the murder, Pylas gave the kingdom to the deposed king of [[Athens]], [[Pandion II|Pandion]] and later founded the city of [[Pylos]] in [[Peloponnesus]].<ref>Apollodorus, 3.15.5</ref>
* [[Bias (son of Amythaon)|Bias]], son of [[Amythaon]] and brother of [[Melampus]].<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.10–11 & 2.2.2</ref>
* Bias, son of [[Melampus]] and [[Iphianeira|Iphianira]] thus a nephew of the earlier Bias.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.5 4.68.5]</ref> But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.<ref>Apollonius Rhodius, 1.142; Apollodorus, 1.9; Pausanias, 1.4e</ref>
* Bias, one of the [[Epigoni]] and son of [[Parthenopaeus]], one of the [[Seven against Thebes|Seven Against Thebes]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#71 71]</ref>
* Bias, a [[Troy|Trojan]] prince as one of the sons of King [[Priam]] of [[Troy]] by other women.<ref>Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#90 90]; [[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7]</ref> He was the father of two Trojan warriors, [[Laogonus]] and [[Dardanus (Greek myth)|Dardanus]].<ref>Homer, ''[[Iliad]]'' 20.460</ref> In another account, Bias and his brothers, [[Dryops (mythology)|Dryops]] and [[Chorithan]], were instead slain by [[Idomeneus of Crete|Idomeneus]].<ref>Dictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.7 4.7]</ref>
* Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported [[Menestheus]] against the attacks of [[Hector]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 13.691</ref>
* Bias, a [[Pylos|Pylian]] soldier who fought under their leader [[Nestor (mythology)|Nestor]] during the [[Trojan War]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.295</ref>
* Bias, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Dulichium]] along with other 56 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, E.7.26–27</ref> He, with the other suitors, was slain by [[Odysseus]] with the aid of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref>Apollodorus, E.7.33</ref>

== See also ==
* {{MoMP|38050|Naming citation}} for Jovian asteroid [[38050 Bias]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].


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